Tips

Tips

Return on Investment (ROI)

• AR headsets: 5 tips to get you started

  Still in their adolescence, augmented reality headsets are poised for a growth spurt. Will you be ready? Here are some tips for a successful deployment.  Continue Reading

• 6 free IT strategic planning templates for CIOs

  As technology has become a business differentiator, IT strategy is more crucial than ever. These IT strategic planning templates help CIOs make IT a business driver.  Continue Reading

• Andrew Ng's AI playbook for the enterprise: 6 must-dos

  AI legend and online education pioneer Andrew Ng has developed an AI playbook for businesses. Here are six must-dos.  Continue Reading

• 5 reasons CIO career paths go south -- and how to protect yourself

  Safeguard your CIO career path. Agiloft CEO Colin Earl details the top five reasons CIOs get the ax -- and how to avoid them.  Continue Reading

• How to use AI in your business in 2019 -- AI sweet spots

  Step one in figuring out how to use AI in your business is to know what AI can and can't do today. David Petersson lays out 2019's AI sweet spots for enterprise decision-makers.  Continue Reading

• Benefits of ITSM: Use an ITSM portal as gateway to cloud services

  Requiring users to access the cloud via an ITSM portal will reduce spending, explains Andy Sealock in part two of his tip on leveraging the benefits of ITSM in cloud services.  Continue Reading

• ITSM in the cloud: Using ITSM best practices to optimize cloud usage

  Cloud-based services can't be beat for their ease of use, but companies often experience some 'unhappy surprises' when the bill comes due, says Andy Sealock. ITSM in the cloud can help.  Continue Reading

• 4 ITSM best practices for managing service vendors

  CIOs must align IT strategy to business KPIs, and so should their service vendors. In this ITSM best practices tip, experts explain how to tie vendor services to business outcomes.  Continue Reading

• Cloud computing economics: Juggling availability, performance and cost

  Companies must answer complicated questions about cloud computing economics as emerging platforms offer attractive IT capabilities that come with unexpected costs.  Continue Reading

• Free IT budget plan templates for CIOs

  A solid IT budget is key to both managing tech spending and facilitating collaboration. Check out these free IT budget plan templates to help craft yours.  Continue Reading

• Data monetization success begins with three key concepts

  Companies are eyeing data assets as the new cash cow, but monetizing data is hard to do, warn data monetization experts Lydia Jones and Karl Urich. Here's what you need to know.  Continue Reading

• New CIOs: How to succeed in the first 120 days

  New CIOs have a short window to prove their mettle. Accenture's Diana Bersohn lays out a 120-day-plan for success.  Continue Reading

• How to monetize your mobile app

  Monetizing your mobile application isn't easy. In this SearchCIO tip, three experts share the secrets behind monetizing their mobile apps and offer advice on how you, too, can develop a successful app.  Continue Reading

• Free cost-benefit analysis template examples for CIOs

  Check out this collection of free cost-benefit analysis examples to determine, in a systematic way, which decision or project is the most beneficial to your organization.  Continue Reading

• Making a business case for data storage and backup

  CIO Niel Nickolaisen lays out how he gets the business to invest in storage and backup technologies starting with a business case for the value of data.  Continue Reading

• Cost reduction tips for your strategic sourcing contracts

  CIOs should revisit their strategic sourcing contracts and work closely with their suppliers to analyze current spending and achieve maximum cost reductions.  Continue Reading

• CMS proves its ROI mettle

  Once implemented successfully, a content management system not only improves organization and efficiency, but also pays for itself within a year and a half.  Continue Reading

• ROI success begins and ends with accountability

  Assigning accountability for ROI results can sometimes mean the difference between a successful project and a failed one. In this tip, learn why accountability is so important to ROI and how to use it your benefit.  Continue Reading

• Vendor management key to maximizing ROI

  Vendor management is key to maximizing the ROI benefits throughout your project's lifecycle. Learn more in this month's ROI column.  Continue Reading

• Security solutions: Cost-justification guidelines

  CIOs often have trouble justifying the value of security solutions to the business side. ROI expert Tom Pisello offers four tips for cost justifying IT investments.  Continue Reading

• Key performance indicators can help your business grow

  Key performance indicators (KPIs) can be used to move your company in new and different directions. This tip discusses the art of creating and implementing effective metrics.  Continue Reading

• Web portals: Big challenges, better ROI

  Information architects need time, patience and good business sense to reap the many benefits of Web portals.  Continue Reading

• The value of business intelligence applications

  How can BI help your business? This tip points out the BI benefits, risks and costs.  Continue Reading

• Examining the TCO metric

  Total cost of ownership (TCO) is defined as the total cost of procuring, using, managing and disposing of an asset over its useful life. This tip takes a closer look at TCO.  Continue Reading

• How to evaluate hardware for internal and external devices

  You'll be in the driver's seat with this hardware evaluation guide. Expert Bernie Klinder offers advice on evaluation basics for both internal and external devices.  Continue Reading

• Net Present Value defined

  Net Present Value is a big part of your ROI process, but you need the formula first.  Continue Reading

• The business value of information lifecycle management

  With consolidation to SANs and advances in storage management software packages, ILM is again at the forefront of storage architecture planning.  Continue Reading

• The five phases of IT Value Management

  Aligning IT investments with business goals is as old as the IT function itself. Tangible examples of IT alignment, however, have been rare.  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery spending -- How much is enough?

  This tip shows how you can recover from disaster economically.  Continue Reading

• Maximizing the quantifiable business value of IT: Six essential components

  Stretched resources make it difficult for companies to take the time to measure their business value, but it has to be done. These six steps will alleviate the stress.  Continue Reading